Detecting planetary geochemical cycles on exoplanets: Atmospheric signatures and the case of SO2

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 708, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1162-1167

  Kaltenegger, L ^a   Sasselov, D ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Earth; Methods: data analysis; Occultations; Planets and satellites: general; Techniques: spectroscopic

Indexed keywords

EID: 76249088365     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/708/2/1162     Document Type: Article

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